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Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI

47.7

Rank #60 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 0 categories and Kimi K2.6 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Kimi K2.6 leads 68.5 to 25.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
ProviderGoogleMoonshot AI
Noometry Index29.347.7
Released—2026-04-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.95
Output $ / M tokens—$4
Results tracked1651

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Category by category

Coding Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Kimi K2.6: 50.7 (#43)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Coding10341488
SWE-bench Verified—76.7%
LMArena WebDev—1509
SciCode—53.5%
WeirdML—55.9%
ALE-Bench—1,093
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Kimi K2.6: 21.9 (#137)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
OSWorld 2.0—4.6%
ExploitBench—18.4%
GBAEval—0.9%
GDP.pdf—12%
Vending-Bench 2—6,205

Reasoning Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Kimi K2.6: 40.5 (#55)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Hard Prompts10051470
NYT Connections (extended)—87.2%
CritPt—8%
Chess Puzzles—26%
EBR-Bench—2.4%
Mystery Game Puzzles—18%
DTBench—90.9%
LMCA—37.3%
Epoch Capabilities Index—151.05

Math Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Kimi K2.6: 57.0 (#41)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Math10471475
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—57.2%
FrontierMath Tier 4—25.6%
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—72.9%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—96.1%
ProofBench—16%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)—39%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)—14.6%

Knowledge Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Kimi K2.6: 54.0 (#54)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Expert9701491
GPQA Diamond—90.8%
SimpleQA Verified—34.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Kimi K2.6: 31.6 (#103)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Vision—1283
Blueprint-Bench 2—3.9%
Furniture Assembly—21.7%
LMArena Document—1451

Multilingual Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Kimi K2.6: 54.9 (#37)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Non-English9881446
LMArena Chinese10121521
LMArena German9441450
LMArena Korean8991427
LMArena Russian9901446
LMArena French—1471
LMArena Japanese—1443
LMArena Spanish—1464

Instruction Following Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Kimi K2.6: 76.3 (#43)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Instruction Following9921451

Long Context Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Kimi K2.6: 44.9 (#52)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Longer Query10031468

Writing & Preference Kimi K2.6 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Kimi K2.6: 68.5 (#26)

BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITKimi K2.6
LMArena Text10221455
LMArena Creative Writing9981434
LMArena Multi-Turn9591453
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1725
EQ-Bench 4—1202

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Kimi K2.6?

Kimi K2.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.7 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Kimi K2.6 better for coding?

Kimi K2.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.7 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Kimi K2.6 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Kimi K2.6 has 51.

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